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PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
calvin83 wrote:
Not every one will appropriate a photo no single object in focus. Many people will lost their interest if they cannot find a focus point at first glance.


There you find me!
I am not oriental, sorry.
Only a few of the samples in this thread are somewhat interesting for me by stucture and colors, most are not my taste, I must say.


PostPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 10:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I also played with this technique and found it challenging. I think that in order for it to work, you have to be especially attentive to composition and the degree of OOF.

Woodrim, your photo appears like a reflection, but above the water.

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SK Xenar 3.5/75mm


PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
woodrim wrote:
Thanks, Mo and bernhardas. While I love all different kinds of bokeh, I'm still not sure of myself with this form of art. My wife hated it, and then I posted it on a facebook photography forum and got killed. Not a single person there liked it - or they were afraid to say so. There was a long list of deserters. That's okay because it told me what I was wondering. It also opened up good conversation. If this can be considered art, then it is appreciated by select few. I do appreciate some of it, but have not yet settled on understanding where the line is between out-of-focus and bokeh art. In that photography forum I then posted the below image which received much the opposite reaction. All it took was a very small area to the far left that was in focus to change their perceptions. I find that interesting because while their eye may travel there first, to find the point of focus, they then look mostly at the rest of the photo for appreciation. I suspect this means that we have become programmed in photography to always expect that point of focus and have a hard time coping when it isn't there.


Hmmm, yes you are probably right about people's perceptions of images and what they have come to expect from an image - hence looking for something for the eye to latch onto.
However, I think that there is more to it than simply a point of sharpness.
This image of yours is splendid from a number of viewpoints, and viewers will find some comfort in things other than sharpness.
This has a uniformity of tone and it uses line, repetition and pattern to excellent effect. These elements of your composition can - and do - add to the art here.
I reallllyyyyy like this image.
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Sankyo Kohki Komura 105mm F2. Imagination is needed!


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Konica Hexanon 57 1.4



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Pentacon Practikar 50mm f1.8




PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great pics, keep them coming!


PostPosted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
@Calvin, yours reminds me of one of those Japanese or Chinese paintings, with the characters written on the painting as well as the picture.

@woodrim, that is something special


PostPosted: Fri Dec 19, 2014 5:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
mo wrote:
@Calvin, yours reminds me of one of those Japanese or Chinese paintings, with the characters written on the painting as well as the picture.

I am trying to apply the concepts from I learned in the Oriental style to this photo. It is nice to hear you can find the elements in Oriental paintings in the photo. Smile


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bernhardas wrote:



This one will be a good example of pictorialist-style photo.


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Steinheil Cassar S 2.8/50


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Speedmaster 50mm + A7 II


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Nordentro wrote:
Speedmaster 50mm + A7 II


Really interesting shape. I like the colors too.


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Helios 44M 58mm f/2 + Pentax Kr





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My 2 cents



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Still trying...




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Traffic lights...but not as we know 'em Jim...





Below...

Not 100% bokeh, but pretty close. Tried a blur but it spoiled the background.

Fujica ST901+Fujinon (non EBC) 1.8/55MM + AGFA VistaPLUS 200


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